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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia jail caused the death of a diabetic inmate by failing to provide insulin and other medical care, according to a federal lawsuit filed by the man’s family Wednesday.

Louis Jung Jr., 50, was a pretrial detainee at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility when he died on Nov. 6, 2023, of ketoacidosis, a serious complication of diabetes.

The Philadelphia Department of Prisons did not administer insulin to Jung, who had Type 1 diabetes, for the last six days of his life, according to the suit. Prison medical officials also failed to provide glucose monitoring, call for emergency care, send Jung to the hospital or place him in the infirmary, the suit said.……

https://apnews.com/article/philadel...ulin-lawsuit-d0c44f4f179e0067879e08619317b1dc